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Luke Martell

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Former university tutor interested in social and ecological alternatives, socialism, social democracy, global politics, and other things too. [bridged from https://social.coop/@lukemartell on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ] .. more

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · Sep 3

JUST IN: Harvard won summary judgment against the Trump administration with the court finding that the admin violated Harvard's 1st amend. rights. The court has vacated the funding freeze orders and termination letters and issued a permanent injunction.

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[cite_start]A screenshot of the first page of a court document from the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts[cite: 3]. [cite_start]The document is titled "MEMORANDUM AND ORDER" [cite: 43] [cite_start]and was filed on September 3, 2025[cite: 1].

The document lists two related civil actions:
* [cite_start]**Civil Action No. 25-cv-11048-ADB**: President and Fellows of Harvard College, et al., Plaintiffs, v. United States Department of Health and Human Services, et al., Defendants[cite: 4, 5, 14, 17, 21].
* [cite_start]**Civil Action No. 25-cv-10910-ADB**: American Association of University Professors - Harvard Chapter, et al., Plaintiffs, v. United States Department of Justice, et al., Defendants[cite: 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 36].

[cite_start]The order is from Judge Burroughs, D.J.[cite: 44]. [cite_start]The text begins by identifying the plaintiffs in the consolidated cases[cite: 45].

A screenshot of pages 81 and 82 from a court order, detailing the judge's rulings and the relief granted.

**Rulings:**
* **For Harvard's case:** The court grants Harvard's motion for summary judgment on several counts, including violations of the First Amendment and Title VI. It grants in part Harvard's motion regarding the "Freeze Orders" and grants in part the defendants' motion regarding the "Termination Letters," citing a lack of jurisdiction.
* **For the Organizational Plaintiffs' case:** The court grants the plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment on their First Amendment claims and denies the defendants' cross-motion on several counts. The ruling on the "Freeze Orders" and "Termination Letters" mirrors the one in Harvard's case.

**Ordered Relief:**
1. The court vacates and sets aside the Freeze Orders as arbitrary and capricious.
2. The court vacates and sets aside the Freeze Orders and Termination Letters as violations of the First Amendment.
3. The court vacates and sets aside the Termination Letters as violations of Title VI.
4. The court permanently enjoins the defendants from implementing the Freeze Orders, Termination Letters, and their unconstitutional conditions.

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Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · Aug 19

Microsoft employees occupy headquarters in protest of Israel contracts. The protest encampment started today, and it’s the biggest escalation of the protests at Microsoft so far www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

Microsoft employees occupy headquarters in protest of Israel contracts

It’s the biggest escalation yet of the protests at Microsoft.

www.theverge.com

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Bristol Green Party @bristolgreenparty.bsky.social · Aug 7

As the far right again target hotels housing asylum seekrs, here's some relevant information:

- No tax-payer funded phone
- £9.95 a week, not £70
- No eligibility for mainstream benefits
- No right to work and earn

Asylum seekers living in hotels do not receive £70 a week – Full Fact

Thousands of people have viewed a video supposedly featuring a former ‘migrant hotel employee’, who makes a number of incorrect claims about what government support asylum seekers receive.

fullfact.org

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · May 20

French footballer Marcus Thuram brings his shopping home from Goyard in Milan in a Ferra…uh, bicycle, because it's the most efficient way to get around cities.

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Luke Martell @lukemartell.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · Jan 26

#silentsunday

View of Loch Lomond in Scotland, clouds with rays of sun coming down between them, a narrow pier walkway, shrubbery to the left, grey water and mountains, and sun reflected on the water.

Luke Martell @lukemartell.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · Jan 26

I agree that far-right policies are more important than far-right salutes but the Nazi salutes (which they were) will have their own effect. "Jewish non-profit chief says Musk will spur violence with his ‘Nazi salute’" […]

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Luke Martell @lukemartell.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · Jan 26

Deleted my X, Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Amazon accounts. These had been dormant for a long while with statements posted on them saying why I was no longer using them and redirects to my Fediverse accounts urging friends to join me (with some success). Added a bridge to Bluesky so I can […]

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ProjectFearlessness @projectfearlessness.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · Jan 26

This was Berlin last night. About 100,000 protesting against the rise of the far right in Germany and Europe.

Germans don't like Nazis. Again.

#hopeandresistance

Protestors at Brandenburg Gate, Berlin. People are holding up lights that spell out Hope And Resistance.

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